On Wed, 29 May 2024 09:12:38 +0200 "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Anno domini 2024 Wed, 29 May 08:30:20 +0200 > Thierry de Coulon via tde-users scripsit: > > > > if you want to find out whether anything bad will happen by running > > > > Konqueror as root, then we will save you the time and trouble, and say, > > > > yes, sooner or later, bad things happen. > > > > I always find this sort of declaration a little exagerated, and funnily no one > > ever seems to answer: "why?" > > Easiest scenario: Some programs use $USER to find their config file location. You run that program as root. Now you have a problem that you don't know about. I've never had an issue of that sort even once in ~20 years with KDE3 and TDE, and I invoke enough GUI programs through su sessions that if it were going to happen I would have expected to see it by now. Root's configuration always saves under /root as intended, without polluting my regular user, and the software has no trouble figuring out which config to use. And yet other people on this list do seem to have such issues, which leads me to believe it relates to something in the setup of Debian-descended distros. Or it's specific to one or two pieces of TDE that I don't use. E. Liddell ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
